Concepts of Athletic Training Provides Comprehensive Guidance

Having authored or co-authored more than 400 peer-reviewed publications, Douglas Kleiner serves as the president and CEO of Medical Associates of North Florida. In 2014, Douglas Kleiner co-authored “Concepts of Athletic Training 7th Edition” to assist other medical professionals in caring for activity and sport-related injuries.

The Seventh Edition of Concepts of Athletic Training incorporated the latest advances in sports medicine to furnish comprehensive insights into how to treat and manage injuries. It covered such nationally recognized medical standards as the latest National Athletic Trainers' Association Athletic Helmet Removal Guidelines, which features techniques for identifying when a concussion has occurred, as well as sports medicine fundamentals, including a review of human anatomy.

Additionally, the publication introduces important concepts in the sports medicine specialty to help professional make informed and ethical medical decisions. Among these concepts, it recommends learning as much about a patient's health history as part of the initial injury evaluation, and using anaerobic fitness training to help prevent activity-related injuries.

Study Focused on CEWs and Cardiac Safety Issues

Dr. Douglas Kleiner is a business owner in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, with an extensive background in exercise science, sports medicine, and law enforcement. In his career, Dr. Douglas Kleiner has authored numerous abstracts and journal articles in areas that range from heat illnesses in athletics to the safety of conducted electrical weapons (CEWs).

The paper “A TASER Conducted Electrical Weapon with Cardiac Biomonitoring Capability: Proof of Concept and Initial Human Trial” (The Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2016) addresses persistent concerns regarding CEWs and cardiac safety. In the study, CEW cartridges were fitted with an electrocardiogram (ECG) device. Ultimately, a prototype CEW was created that possessed cardiac biomonitoring capacities. This was used in tests on human volunteers to evaluate its electrical incapacitation abilities.

The tests demonstrated that an ECG recording device could be placed in a standard-issue, fully functioning CEW. This was described as a proof-of-concept for cardiac biomonitoring and other safety measures that might be incorporated into law enforcement devices such as TASER weapons.